Creating the Costumes of ‘West Side Story’: From Jeans You Can Dance In to Anita’s Flowing Dresses
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variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Jets and the Sharks, the rival gangs at the center of Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” (in theaters now), battle over turf and bragging rights in a rapidly gentrifying sliver of 1950s Manhattan.
Their conflict is fueled in part by racism and tribalism, as well as a mounting sense of economic insecurity. At times, tensions explode in knife fights and slugfests (all impeccably choreographed — this is a musical, after all).
Their differences are also illustrated by the clothes they wear when attending dances or squaring off at rumbles.For the Jets, the group of Caucasian “delinquents” run by Tony (Ansel Elgort) and Riff (Mike Faist), costume designer Paul Tazewell outfitted the.
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